Maude's staff in Clarkson-style 'joke' about attacking trade unionists
Hogblog | 22.01.2012 12:25 | South Coast
TORIES at cabinet minister Francis Maude’s Horsham constituency offices seem to be taking ‘union-bashing’ rather too literally.
The damning contents of a members-only bulletin were this week leaked to local paper the West Sussex County Times.
What starts off as a factual account of a November 30 public sector unions protest outside the party’s Horsham offices suddenly veers off into a fascistic flight of fantasy worthy of the great Jeremy Clarkson himself.
Says the Tory newsletter: “Gough House was besieged by angry demonstrators from the public service unions back in November.
“About 200 people stood in the car park at Gough House and made a great deal of noise for about fifteen minutes.
“The Agent accepted a series of questions from the demonstrators to pass to The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP.
“Luckily Gough House staff managed to fight ’em off with tasers, water cannon and baseball bats.”
A Tory spokesman said it was ‘nonsense’ to take offence at the comments which were an example of ‘ironic humour’.
What starts off as a factual account of a November 30 public sector unions protest outside the party’s Horsham offices suddenly veers off into a fascistic flight of fantasy worthy of the great Jeremy Clarkson himself.
Says the Tory newsletter: “Gough House was besieged by angry demonstrators from the public service unions back in November.
“About 200 people stood in the car park at Gough House and made a great deal of noise for about fifteen minutes.
“The Agent accepted a series of questions from the demonstrators to pass to The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP.
“Luckily Gough House staff managed to fight ’em off with tasers, water cannon and baseball bats.”
A Tory spokesman said it was ‘nonsense’ to take offence at the comments which were an example of ‘ironic humour’.
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It is "nonsense"
23.01.2012 02:44
Just enough time for you to get a life.
Ever hear of freedom of speech?
anon
freedom of speech for who?
24.01.2012 10:18
I'm sure if ordinary people made a similar "joke" about attacking Tory bureaucrats with baseball bats the cops wouldn't treat their freedom of speech so kindly.
It's usually just USians who are obsessed by their so-called "freedom of speech" even as they get completely shafted by their ruling class.
anon